2022-23 SJU Hockey Schedule
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – The Saint John's University hockey program announced its 2022-23 schedule on Monday, Aug. 22.
The slate has 10 home games at St. Cloud State's Herb Brooks National Hockey Center (HBNHC), including four on Thursday evening, as well as three neutral-site games:
-Saturday, Dec. 10 vs. Lawrence (Wis.): Minnesota Hockey Fights Cancer Day at Rosemount Ice Arena in Rosemount
-Saturday, Jan. 14 vs. Wisconsin-Stevens Point: Youth Hockey Night at Bernicks Arena in Sartell
-Friday, Jan. 27 vs. Augsburg: Hockey Day Minnesota, outdoors at Polar Lakes Park in White Bear Township
Five of the Johnnies' eight non-conference opponents hail from the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC), including two - Wisconsin-Eau Claire and Wisconsin-Stevens Point - that met in the league's championship game in March.
SJU begins the 2022-23 schedule with three consecutive road games and seven of the first nine away from St. Cloud. The Johnnies' bus ventures to Wisconsin the first two weekends, Oct. 29 at Wisconsin-River Falls and Nov. 4-5 at Eau Claire and Northland, respectively.
The Johnnies host Concordia-Moorhead for the MIAC opener Nov. 10 and take on St. Scholastica Nov. 18-19 (home on Nov. 18) before a two-game road trip over Thanksgiving weekend (Nov. 25-26) at the Milwaukee School of Engineering. SJU faces Bethel Dec. 1-2 (home on Dec. 1) and ends the 2022 calendar year Dec. 9 against Concordia (Wis.) for Senior Night and the Dec. 10 trip to Rosemount.
The team opens the New Year Jan. 6-7 with a conference series against Gustavus Adolphus (home on Jan. 6) and plays its final non-conference games the following weekend by hosting Wisconsin-Stout Jan. 13 in St. Cloud and the neutral-site contest vs. UWSP in Sartell. Conference competition returns Jan. 19 with a home game vs. Hamline (Jan. 21 in St. Paul) and continues with the outdoor game Jan. 27 as part of Hockey Day Minnesota. SJU hosts the Auggies the following night at the HBNHC and wraps up its regular-season schedule against Saint Mary's (home on Feb. 2) and St. Olaf (home on Feb. 10).
The Johnnies own the conference's final bye weekend (Feb. 17-18) before the MIAC Playoffs, which begin with the quarterfinal game (No. 4 vs. No. 5) on Thursday, Feb. 23 at the high seed. The MIAC semifinals follow on Saturday, Feb. 25 and the MIAC championship game, with the conference's automatic berth to the NCAA Division III playoffs on the line, is set for Saturday, March 4. If the Johnnies were to host the championship, the game would be held on Wednesday, March 1, due to availability at the HBNHC.
The Johnnies finished third in the MIAC with a 9-4-1 record (17-8-2 overall) in 2021-22 and made their fourth consecutive appearance in the MIAC Playoffs.
